FINEST involved in SPHERE Policy Brief on Plastics
Jun 2026

FINEST involved in SPHERE Policy Brief on Plastics

Policy Brief presented to members of the German Bundestag

The excursion day brought the PhD candidates of FINEST to thegret star up comany Aevoloop, where innovative polymers are designed that allow for an easy recycling.
Jun 2026

Aevoloop: great start up – great excursion for FINEST

The excursion day brought the FINEST PhD candidates to the start-up company Aevoloop, which is active in the field of polymers that allow for an easy recycling

First talk of the day: Dietmar Schlosser giving the update on SP1
Jun 2026

Great PM08 at UFZ in Leipzig

UFZ hosted the eighth project meeting

FINEST sponsoring C2C Congress 2026
Mar 2026

FINEST to sponsor C2C Congress 2026

FINEST acts as silver sponsor of the 10th C2C Congress in Berlin

FINEST SAB
Mar 2026

FINEST SAB meets SC

Exchange on recommendations from mid term evaluation

Tim Kurtz awarded with DGAW prize
Mar 2026

DGAW Science Award for Tim Kurtz

DGAW science award for best presentation to Tim Kurtz from KIT

Simone Bertoldi with Publication in Frontiers Microbiology
Mar 2026

Simone Bertoldi in Frontiers

Publication in Frontiers in Microbiology

FINEST PM08 at UFZ
Mar 2026

PM08 in Leipzig

UFZ will host the next project meeting

Feb 2026

FINEST invited to BDE meeting

FINEST received an invitation for a meeting of BDE's hazardous waste division

FINEST PM07
Dec 2025

Successful and great PM07 in Dresden

FINEST met at TUBAF'S 4TransferLab in Dresden-Neustadt and enjoyed two great days of exchange and learning from experts and each other

FINEST SAB
Oct 2025

New member of the FINEST SAB

Dr. Thies Johansson from TU Berlin accepted the request from the FINEST Steering Committee to join the SAB

Jun 2025

FINEST Microplastics and PUreValue at EBC-IX

Members of the FINEST Microplastic consortium and of the Satallite PureValue visited EBC-IX

Jun 2025

FINEST FORUM#1 – Thanks for Participating!

Great exchange at FINEST FORUM#1 in Berlin on June 11th

Review Paper in Nature Chemical Engineering
Jun 2025

Review paper in Nature Chemical Engineering

The biotechnology group published another paper in a high-ranked journal

Apr 2025

FINEST FORUM#1 – Register now!

Registration open for the FINEST FORUM#1 in Berlin on June 11th

article
Feb 2025

FINEST-Article published in Journal of Industrial Ecology

Rafael et al. - FINEST article

SPHERE SynCom Project
Jan 2025

Synthesizing Plastics: Helmholtz Expertise on Plastics Research and Policy Engagement (SPHERE)

FINEST is actively involved in the SynCom Project SPHERE

PUreValue Logo in front of PU foam
Jan 2025

PUreValue Satellite Project Launched

Satellite Successfully Launched

May 2024

FINEST Project Meeting 4

The fourth project meeting took place in Rossendorf and saw all actively involved

Group photo of the FINEST PhD's and accompanying team
Feb 2024

Excursion to Torgau

PhD's visiting company sites in Torgau

Aug 2023

Satellites Update

The HGF has decided to choose two out of three proposals from the FINEST consortium to enter stage 2 of the application process.

Aug 2023

Satellite Proposals

FINEST partners to submit three satellite proposals

Photo of the first article
May 2023

First Article

Gert Weber has published an article with reference to FINEST.

Microplastic Competence Center at UFZ
May 2023

Microplastics Competence Cluster at UFZ

The Competence Center on Microplastics at UFZ bundles research on this highly relevant topic

Photo of the first FINEST PhD's Noelia, Simone and Stefanie
Feb 2023

First PhD’s

The partners of FINEST are glad to welcome the first PhD students